Wire bundling stand



April 1950 G. A. GRANGE WIRE BUNDLING STAND I Filed June 1 3, 1947 His ATTORN EY.

Patented Apr. 18, 1950 WIRE BUNDLING STAND George A. Grange, Libertyville, Ill., assignor to The American Steel and Wire Company of New Jersey, a corporation 01' New Jersey Application June 13, 1947, Serial No. 754,486 3 Claims. (Cl. 100-31) This invention relates to improvements in bundling stands of the type adapted to movably support a heavy coiled bundle of wire or the like while tying or securing said bundle.

It is a prime object of my invent on to provide a stand of the character stated which will facilitate the positioning and hand-tying of such bundles with a minimum of physical effort. Additional objects and advantages will become apparent from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bundling stand embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a. side elevational view thereof; and Figure 3 is a partial sectional view taken on line IIIIII of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings, the stand generally comprises an easel-like structure having a rear the rollers 6, I provide an additional pair of spaced parallel rollers 8 extending forwardly and upwardly from the support 4 with their axes substantially normal to the plane of the rollers 5 and 6. Rollers 8 are rotatably carried by arms 9 secured to the stand and supported from the legs 3 by braces It.

In use, a bundle I is deposited by a crane upon the stand, rollers 8 embracing and supporting the bundle from the under outer side thereof, the bundle being thereby inclined rearwardly with the rear face thereof resting against the rollers 5 and 6, as clearly shown in Figure l. The point of intersection of the axes of rollers 5 and 6 substantially coincides with the center of the coil or bundle 'l, and rollers 8 engage the bundle in substantial parallelism with the bundle axis, so that the bundle may be easily rotated upon said rollers.

In tying the bundle so positioned, the operator applies a tie-wire II at the lowermost portion of said bundle between the rollers 8, the bundle then being rotated through the desired distance, as for example, approximately 120 degrees, for the similar application of additional wires ii. The tie wire is supplied from a continuous bundle (not shown) located apart from the stand. The

a 2 wire passes through rectangular openings at the front ends of arms 9, as best seen in Figure 1, which are provided as guides for the tie wire.

, Rollers 5, 6 and 8 may be longitudinally fluted,

as shown, to facilitate the passage of the tiewlres thereover during movement of the bundle.

The stand may be properly proportioned to place the tying zone between the 'rollers 8 within easy'reach of the operator.The arrangement of the rollers and support makes it easy for the crane operator to apply and remove bundles therefrom,

Various changes and modifications are contemplated within the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. A bundling stand including a supporting structure, an upwardly extending roller and a pair of downwardly divergent rollers radially disposed in a common inclined plane, and a pair of parallel rollers extending outwardly between the extremities of the divergent rollers having their axes substantially normal to said plane.

2. A bundling stand for tying coils of wire and the like, including a support ng structure, an upwardly extending roller and a pair of downwardly divergent rollers carried by said supporting structure and being radially disposed in a common inclined plane, a pair of arms extending outwardly beyond the divergent rollers, and a pair of parallel rollers one of which is supported by each of said arms and having their axes substantially normal to said plane, said parallel rollers being spaced apart laterally and the space between said parallel rollers being open for unobstructed access to the portion of a coil supported therebetween, said arms constituting individual supports for said parallel rollers, each support and its roller being in the same plane and throughout its extent being spaced from the other support and providing with the divergent rollers a free space from the base of the supports to the point of meeting of the divergent rollers on one side of the plane of the divergent rollers.

3. A bundling stand for tying coils of wire and the like, including a supporting structure, an upwardly extending roller and a pair of downwardly divergent rollers carried by said supporting structure and being radially disposed in a common inclined plane, a pair of parallel rollers extending outwardly beyond the divergent rollers, and a pair of arms carried by said supporting structure, said arms constituting individual supports for said parallel rollers, said parallel rollers having their axes substantially normal to said inclined plane, said parallel rollers and supports being spaced divergent rollers.

GEORGE A. GRANGE.

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